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Sega Dreamcast - Appreciation and Emulation Thread
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zenosparadox
Member
Well, I can understand that criticism. I just think that his Buying Guides are meant to be super introductory.
eternalthree
Member
just a heads up. ugh. Anyone in the SF Bay Area interested in a Sega Dreamcast? I just saw a posting get renewed on CL after about a week. I've been convinced i dont really need a dreamcast right now .... the seller even has 3 controllers and a vmu i think.
sixteen-bit
Member
Will check it out. Yakumo always has some obscure stuff to take a look at in his videos.
Thickstone
Member
Is there a price that you would refuse to pay no matter what?
I have a hard time shelling out more than 50 for an old game but seeing that games such as Cannon Spike fetch around 150-200 makes me die a little inside.
I'm currently trying to get Illbleed for a good price but it's not easy at all.
I have a hard time shelling out more than 50 for an old game but seeing that games such as Cannon Spike fetch around 150-200 makes me die a little inside.
I'm currently trying to get Illbleed for a good price but it's not easy at all.
sixteen-bit
Member
not trying to spend more that 10 dollars on an old game
kunonabi
Member
Not really. The space channel 5 and segagaga LEs both cost me over a hundred dollars. The only thing i did decide was not to bother with shmups. Dreamcast just has way too many super expensive ones for me to deal with.
IrishNinja
Member
#boutthatlyfe
Shadow Hog
Member
Say good bye to 95% of Saturn and SNES games then.=p
sechsterangriff
Member
Weekend project (if you can call it that).
sixteen-bit
Member
Weekend project (if you can call it that).
i have got to get me one of those [/will smith voice]
sixteen-bit
Member
MikeHattsu
Member
sixteen-bit
Member
Here's another mod using the same idea from back in 2010. I wonder if it's a more common thing now.
http://kotaku.com/5648560/the-dreamcast-lives-on-with-this-ipod-nano/
http://kotaku.com/5648560/the-dreamcast-lives-on-with-this-ipod-nano/
sixteen-bit
Member
This win quote always cracks me up
sixteen-bit
Member
New Dreamcast release this month. A Visco-sanctioned Breakers Neo Geo CD port, play Asia exclusive.
http://www.play-asia.com/breakers-play-asia-com-exclusive/5f/749sj
http://www.play-asia.com/breakers-play-asia-com-exclusive/5f/749sj
bronk
Banned
That is so awesome. I want one. I use my nano every single day.
Wait, what? O_O
Is this a legit port then? I need to search on it more, this is the first time I've read about this release.
MikeHattsu
Member
Seems like it's emulated:
http://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2017/03/review-emulation-analysis-breakers.html
sixteen-bit
Member
Yeah, this is most definitely the Neo CD version emulated. In another thread someone asked why they didn't just do Breakers Revenge, and it's probably because BR never had a NeoCD release.
Laevateinn
Member
What's the point?
sixteen-bit
Member
To make money. Many people (especially diehard game fans) have this compulsion to buy anything that's limited.
Cloudius12
Member
Mines should take another week or two to get here. Will post impressions then.
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
Any thoughts by chance?
I'm really feeling playing my Dreamcast again - but don't know the best way to play it on my 4K LCD - soon to be OLED. Looking for suggestions on the best experience, regardless of price.
sechsterangriff
Member
The Akura is not an upscaller. It's just a more direct way to connect to a monitor/tv using HDMI. I have yet to receive mine but I'm not expecting any huge improvements over using a regular VGA port. What I do expect is better sound with less hissing.
By the way, I finally gave my launch Dreamcast a new look. The picture doesn't do it justice on how yellow it looked lol
By the way, I finally gave my launch Dreamcast a new look. The picture doesn't do it justice on how yellow it looked lol
sixteen-bit
Member
The Akura is not an upscaller. It's just a more direct way to connect to a monitor/tv using HDMI. I have yet to receive mine but I'm not expecting any huge improvements over using a regular VGA port. What I do expect is better sound with less hissing.
By the way, I finally gave my launch Dreamcast a new look. The picture doesn't do it justice on how yellow it looked lol
That blue shell looks so fuckin good
theSlacker
Member
So, would any of these fix my broken Dreamcast laser/disc spinner?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sega-Dreamc...277308?hash=item3615e0a2fc:g:xhEAAOSwv9hW5RCE
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SPU3200-Opt...971294?hash=item43ffb6af1e:g:v5sAAOSwfVpYwm8y
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sega-Dreamc...618147?hash=item2a83d850a3:g:yKYAAOSwB-1Y1oAN
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sega-Dreamc...277308?hash=item3615e0a2fc:g:xhEAAOSwv9hW5RCE
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SPU3200-Opt...971294?hash=item43ffb6af1e:g:v5sAAOSwfVpYwm8y
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sega-Dreamc...618147?hash=item2a83d850a3:g:yKYAAOSwB-1Y1oAN
eternalthree
Member
i imagine so. i'm in the same boat as you. have you tried adjusting the potentiometer to see if that would solve your issue?
by the way, is it just me or did the nostalgia kick in or something? I popped in Street Fighter 3 3rd Strike, and the game sounds AMAZING compared to my ps2, ps3, ps4 .....
EDIT: i adjusted the laser on one of the two dreamcasts i picked up and it is working fine again. pretty darn easy and quick. you might want to give it a try before plunking money down on ebay?
sixteen-bit
Member
STGs are worth a grip more often than not, lol
sechsterangriff
Member
You would be surprised how hard it is to find Garou and Last Blade 2 in good condition...
eternalthree
Member
didn't realize project justice was a sequel to rival schools, which was pretty fun on the psx back in the day.
I started collecting Dreamcast games a while ago and passed on getting Power Stone 2 for $40 when I first started. That one still haunts me. This was before people really used eBay. Now it seems that stores are being picked clean because people are buying just to resell. I used to be able to walk into a local video game store and see quite a few rare games for decent prices. Now I walk into the same stores and they have nothing but generic games with a few rare ones for crazy prices.
Glad I started to get the games I wanted when I did. Right now I'm just looking for the last three SHMUPS that I need; GunBird 2, Giga Wing and Giga Wing 2.
cj_iwakura
Member
Laevateinn
Member
I didn't realize that Rival Schools was also a Playstation game until a couple years ago.
Only the 1st game is, 2nd game is Rival Schools 2 for Dreamcast.
That's correct, but - I'm just being nitpicky
- there are two Rival Schools games on the PlayStation. The second one is exclusive to Japan (Shiritsu Justice Gakuen: Nekketsu Seisyun Nikki 2) and it's more like an update to RS1, which adds Ran and Nagare to the roster, and revamps the school simulation mode.Even though it's the real sequel to RS, Justice Gakuen on the Dreamcast is actually the third game in the series.
sixteen-bit
Member
That's correct, but - I'm just being nitpicky
Even though it's the real sequel to RS, Justice Gakuen on the Dreamcast is actually the third game in the series.
Didn't the DC version have a JP-exclusive simulation mode as well?
Laws00
Member
Should have bought giga wing. nope. I thought the graphics on the cover looked like crap.
I don't think I even have it or the 2nd game burned
Looking at ebay prices i'm not surprised.
Last Blade 2 was un wanted at best buy, I littery saw piles of them going for $2.50 each
Laws00
Member
Funny you should mention this, I love going into retro stores to see what they have its like being a kid in the candy store.
What I do not like and hate is what you said. You could go into a store and find something uncommon and rare and it's cool. People and stores have gotten hip to things and prices are crazy.
I find just going on ebay or amazon I don't have to deal with bullshit of trying to find something when they don't have it or clearly wouldn't have it. I just like socializing with people about games which is the only reason i go to these places.